Road Rally
Yesterday was my first official day on the job. It was exhausting, but as much fun as I thought it would be- and pretty easy! I was at one of the info booths at the entrance to the convention area with four other girls- one or two would sit inside the booth and the others would stand out in the middle of the hall so everyone could answer questions without causing too much of a jam-up of people. It was a lot more busy yesterday than I was expecting, though! The auction itself doesn’t start until today- it started about 45 minutes ago, to be exact. But yesterday there was a road rally, where about 100 cars drove from the Convention Center on the north end of the strip, all the way down to Mandalay Bay where this car show is being held. Then, the cars were parked in the SE parking lot until 5pm so people could come and look at them. Most of the questions people had yesterday was where they could go see the cars. Others were asking simple questions like where to get tickets, how much they were, where do bidders pick up their credentials, etc. Things started to really slow down by about 6pm, so most of us were allowed to go home then. But today is going to be a madhouse, I have a feeling. The gates opened at 8am for all the sponsor and vendor booths and for the auction cars to be viewed. There will also be some free events held out in the parking lot, such as the Drive and Ride, Drifting, Burnouts, etc. The automobilia items go on the auction block at 9am, and then at about 11am, the cars will begin going over the auction block. During the prime time hours, the higher value cars will be televised live on SPEED, so you can watch from home. Today, that will be from 3pm-8pm PST. http://www.speedtv.com/
I wish I could watch some of the auction on Speed, but I’ll be working 2-8 everyday during the convention. However, today I am going to try and see if I can get into an info booth on the convention floor where the cars are. We’ll see what happens. 
Video of the Road Rally
